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08 Aug 24   Exo-polysaccharide produce of a yeast similar to cell culture supernatant, the Nichi BRITE Beta glucan as an onco-nutrition supplement in pancreatic cancer- presented in American Society of Clinical Oncology
30 Jun 24   16 year follow-up of “an-eye-for-eyes” mission of corneal endothelial disease and cell therapy
25 Oct 23   The 2020 Edogawa NICHE Prize awarded to Dr. John Craig Venterfor his contribution to research and development pertaining to the Human genome.
09 Oct 23   Immune-modulation and gut microbiome reconstitution in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) could yield muscle regeneration
04 Jul 23   Neu-REFIX Beta Glucan through gut-microbiome enhance clinical outcome in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
28 Oct 22   Buccal Epithelial Cells in Urethral Stricture; Proven by pre-clinical studies using BEES HAUS
16 Oct 22   Fujio Cup Quiz (FCQ) consecutively won by Bandung Institute, Indonesia.
07 Apr 22   Gut microbiome in neurological conditions through novel biological response modifier glucans, a tool of regenerative medicine
17 Oct 21   Fujio Cup Quiz (FCQ) won by School of Life Sciences and Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
26 Nov 19   An Indian patent was granted on this novel technology to GN Corporation Co Ltd,
21 Nov 19   Opportunities for PhD in Inter-disciplinary research in Japan; Fujio Cup Quiz Elites & NCRM NICHE delegates to have a priority
21 Oct 19   Indian Team wins International Fujio Cup Quiz on Stem Cells in Japan; Dr Steven Rosenberg awarded the 2019 Edogawa NICHE Prize
15 Aug 19   Chennai Surgeon bags the prestigious 'Joyce & James Till' Grant
15 Aug 19   2019 Edogawa NICHE Prize awarded to Dr. Steven Rosenberg for his pioneering feat in tackling cancer with immunotherapy (Edogawa NICHE Committe's Press Release)
07 Aug 19   NCRM co-ordinates between Loyola & LICET, India and Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan for International exchange program (Press Release issued by Loyola College, Chennai, India)
29 Apr 19   A novel cell therapy solution for Osteoarthritis using discarded cartilage tissue from aged patients
29 Nov 18   BEES-HAUS procedure employing cell transplant through endoscopy instead of open-surgical tissue transplant for Urethral Stricture, yields hope
23 Oct 18   XIII Fujio Cup Quiz won by Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. Prof James Till donates the Edogawa Niche Prize money of One million Japanese Yen to establish a travel grant the "Joyce and James Till Travel Grant" to be awarded to NCRM NICHE scholars
22 Oct 18   NCRM ties up with JBM.Inc., Japan through GNC, Japan for advancing the innovations in biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine
15 Oct 18   NCRM & Edogawa Hospital to jointly award Edogawa Niche Prize 2018 to Prof. James Edgar Till, Discoverer of Stem Cells
18 Sep 18   NCRM signs pact with GNC, Japan to host XIII the Fujio Cup Quiz (FCQ) 2018 in Japan
08 Feb 18   LICET (Loyola College, Chennai) and NCRM to be Indian partners for Indo-Japan academic initiative on water processing and air conditioning systems
20 Jan 18   Immune Cell Therapy Program takes shape in Vietnam through Indo-Japan Collaboration
22 Oct 17   NCRM hosts the XII Fujio Cup Quiz (FCQ) - NCRM NICHE 2017 in Tokyo Japan
21 Jan 16   Nanotechnology based corneal stem cell transplant gets Japanese patent; Indo-Japan feat unveils novel potential to solve visual morbidities sans corneal transplant
10 Oct 15   Heart Failure Now Has an Approved Cell Based Therapy - NCRM NIHCE 2015
20 Jun 15   8th batch of Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India with University of Toronto, Canada
11 Oct 14   Sankara Nethralaya, Sri Venkateswara Varsity & a Japanese team, develop a break-through platform & solution to control Viral Diseases
24 Jul 14   Guest Lecture on "Applications of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine in Clinical Settings with Special Emphasis on Opthalmology" and MoU signed between NCRM & SRM University
28 Jun 14   7th batch of Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India with University of Toronto, Canada
27 Feb 14   Blood cancer successfully treated by combining AIET: Immune-cell therapy
28 Oct 2013   Path-breaking stem cell transplant for eye, using a nano-sheet
19 Oct 2013   Breast cancer could be tackled with NK cell Immunotherapy
24 Sep 2013   World's FIRST such feat accomplished by Indian doctors jointly with NCRM Simple solution could help save donated corneas and patients waiting for transplant
11th Jul 2013   M.Sc (Regenerative Medicine) course to start in 2013 by Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine
3rd Jun 2013   6th batch of Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India with University of Toronto, Canada
7th Mar 2013   Declining competitiveness among medical and biotech students of India
18th Sep 2012  

Stem cells do decline with aging; Chennai scientists’ finding reiterated;
Article on the logic of NCRM’s study, published in the Journal of Gerontology

27th Aug 2012   NCRM work listed in Global medical discovery" Publication: "Global Medical Discovery portal"
31th Jul 2012  

Seventh Fujio-Cup Quiz Inter-Collegiate Quiz Competition on Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine

26th Jun 2012   5th batch of Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India and Panama with University of Toronto, Canada
14 May 2012   Men have more stem cells than women of reproductive age
26th Mar 2012   Chennai team treats Ovarian cancer with NK cel
05 Dec 2011   Stem Cells embedded in Scaffolds prove their worth in Spinal Cord Injury
15th Oct 2011   Nanomaterials to solve corneal blindness developed by Indo-Japan research team
26 Sep 2011   Stem Cell Meet gets Medical Varsity CME Credit
19th Sep 2011   MoU for a novel research to curtail viral diseases
1st Aug 2011   Human joint cells grown for the first time in a cost effective manner -Sri Ramachandra Orthopedics team with Waseda University & NCRM achieve a breakthrough
30th Jun 2011   4th batch of Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India
16th Jul 2011   Stem cells from bone marrow save legs from amputation in diabetic
4th May 2011   Ovarian Cancer treated with Immunotherapy
21st Jul 2010   Honorary Visiting Professorship Conferment to Dr. Samuel JK Abraham, Director NCRM
7th Jul 2010   Stem Cell treated Dog creates headlines-A NCRM-TANUVAS collaborative effort.
24th Jun 2010   3rd batch of Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India and Malaysia with University of Toronto, Canada
27th Oct 2009   International Stem Cell Meeting concludes with a Ray of Hope.
28th Sep 2009   International Stem Cell Meet
30th Jul 2009   Human cornal limbal stem cells succssfully cultured without human amniotic membrane- Animal studies yield excellent results
24th June 2009   2nd batch of Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India with University of Toronto, Canada
1st June 2009   A pioneering step towards Zero gravity cell culture in outer space started by an MoU with Astec Inc., Japan
9th Feb 2009   Nichi-In Centre (NCRM) tie up with Jeevan Stem Cell Bank for Cord Blood Stem Cell Expansion Research
9th Dec 2008   Buccal epithelial cell therapy for cornea for the first time in India Tripartite MoU Signed among Rajan Eye Care, Darshan Eye Clinic & NCRM
8th Dec 2008   TANUVAS to start stem cell treatment for animals jointly with NCRM MoU Signed for first such initiative in India
11th Nov 2008  

Third Anniversary of NCRM commemorated in style on the 11th October 2008
 

Inter-institutional quiz for the Fujio Cup on stem cells & regenerative medicine

 

Plenary Session & Third Annual Symposium on Regenerative Medicine 

 

Release of Cell-e'bration; the anniversary news bulletin of NCRM

12th Oct 2008   Chennai to become stem cell research hub of Asia
20th Aug 2008   Web based regenerative medicine to link NCRM, Chennai, India with University of Toronto, Canada
15th Jul 2008  

Third Fujio-Cup Quiz Inter-Collegiate Quiz Competition on Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine

21st Apr 2008  

India's First unique PhD Programme in Stem Cell under Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur

14th Apr 2008  

Stem Cell Research Collaboration with Kaveri Medical Centre, Trichy

8th Jan 2008  

NCRM opens office in Tokyo, Japan

9th Dec 2007  

MoU signed for stem cell studies in Madurai

27th Oct 2007  

Second Anniversary of NCRM commemorated in style on the 27th October 2007

 

Inter-institutional quiz for the Fujio Cup on stem cells & regenerative medicine

 

Second Annual Symposium on Regenerative Medicine 

 

Release of Cell-e'bration; the anniversary news bulletin of NCRM

10th May 2007  

New project to develop cell coated hybrid- cardiac stent inaugurated with

7th May 2007  

ICMR - Stemcell Task Force Visits NCRM

9th Apr 2007  

NCRM Signs MoU for technological exchange

with Yamanashi University-Faculty of Medicine, Japan

14th Feb 2007  

Inauguration of a Collaborative Centre in Erode,

A Collaborative centre for Stem cell therapy for liver cirrhosis and  Autologous Immune Enhancement Therapy

for cancer was inaugurated at Maruthi Medical Centre, Erode. 

19th Jan 2007  

A New collaboration initiated for offering of

Stem cell Therapy for Cirrhosis of Liver;

with technology know-how from Prof. Isao Sakaida,

Yamaguchi University, Japan

 

Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cell Treatment started for

Non-healing ischemic ulcer of the lower limb

(Vijaya Hospital, Dept. of Vascular Surgery)

Ischemic Myocardium (Life Line Hopital* , Perungudy)

Spinal Cord Injury  

17th Oct 2006  

First Anniversary of NCRM commemorated in style on the 17th October 2006

 

Inter-institutional quiz for the Fujio Cup on stem cells & regenerative medicine

 

First Annual Symposium on Regenerative Medicine

 

Launching of the Journal of Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine

Release of Cell-e'bration; the anniversary news bulletin of NCRM

 

FIRST TIME IN INDIA we have successfully accomplished the Autologous Immune Enhancement Therapy for cancer.

Abstract of the presentation in JSRM Media coverage

   

  FIRST TIME IN INDIA, we have successfully treated a Diabetic patient* with Critical Limb Ischemia using Bone Marrow Stem Cells, jointly with Vijaya Vascular Surgery Department.

Abstract of the presentation  Media coverage Press Release

* For patients with non-diabetic critical limb ischemia earlier similar treatments have been reported in other places.

9th Aug 2006  

A Collaborative Centre for AIET in Tirunelveli, a remote place:

 Collaborative centre forAutologous Immune Enhancement Therapy for cancer was inaugurated at Peace Health Centre, Tirunelveli.

 

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2006Aug   A wetlab on RPE dissection was conducted by Dr S. Natarajan, Director, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai. The scientists of NCRM were trained on tissue handling and an exposure to the anatomy and intricacies of Approaching retinal, subretinal regions in case of trying cell therapeutics to ARMD etc.,
2006 June   In the 4th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR: http://www.isscr.org) our work on Hepatic failure treatment using foetal hepatocytes was presented. This was done jointly with Owaisi Hospital, Hyderabad headed by Dr C.M. Habibullah
2006 April  

Our collaborative work on Corneal Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells was presented at the 2006 Annual meeting of ARVO (Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology) at Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA (28th Apr~03May2006)

 

Dr Samuel JK Abraham (NCRM) and Dr H.N. Madhavan (Sankara Nethralaya) in front of the poster presentation.

2006 April  

Autologous Immune Enhancement Therapy

for malignancies (Cancer)

2006 Mar  

2006 March : A collaborative research programme  

with Joseph Eye Hospital, Trichy has been inaugurated

2006 March  

Dr Terunuma Hiroshi, Biotherapy Institute, Japan.

A MoU was signed with M/S Biotherapy Institute, Tokyo Japan headed by Dr Terunuma Hiroshi, a cell biologist turned Immunologist for starting Autologous Immune Enhancement Therapy for Cancer in India

 

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2006 Feb  

 2006 February Research on Retinal stem cells have been started jointly with  

Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai 

2005 Dec  

NCRM offers to provide all necessary technological assistance to the  

"Indian Face of Courage" in retrieving his jeopardized vision.  

2005 Sep   Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) was inaugurated followed by a CME
2005 August  

A formal agreement for collaborative research on treating acute liver failure using cell therapeutics was signed with Owaisi Hospital, Hyderabad  

2004 March   The first patent jointly with Sankara Nethralaya was applied as per PCT norms
2004 Feb   A formal MoU signed with Sankara Nethralaya for research
2002   An initial study in India was started with Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya
1994   Toxicity studies were undertaken
1988  

Prof. Mori et al started the polymer research in Japan to find out a non-biological substrate for cell culture.

 
*our services were provided to this Institute until 29th Feb 2008

 
*"Nichi" stands for Japan and "In" stands for India. This institute started on an Indo-Japan collaboration now has spreaded further with global alliances
 
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